A Mermaid's Tale
Title | A Mermaid's Tale PDF eBook |
Author | Amanda Adams |
Publisher | Greystone Books |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 2009-12-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1926812417 |
From the seas of antiquity to the city streets of today, A Mermaid's Tale explores the myth and meanings of the mermaid. Beginning with Melusina, the bathing mermaid par excellence, Amanda Adams goes on to describe the seductive sirens and their honeyed songs, the powerful Arctic sea goddess Sedna, and the long-haired rusalki or Russian lore, among other legendary mermaids. As she tells their stories, she also expresses a love of the mermaid that surely no sea-bound sailor could ever match. Grounded in cultural anthropology, folklore studies, and intellectual rigor, A Mermaid's Tale also draws on literature, poetry, and mythology for its insights. It is a book filled with depth and detail as it describes Adam's swim through the ocean of her own life in search of the unusual, the beautiful, and the perfectly extraordinary.
Once Upon a Mermaid's Tail
Title | Once Upon a Mermaid's Tail PDF eBook |
Author | Beatrice Blue |
Publisher | Frances Lincoln Children's Books |
Pages | 41 |
Release | 2024-05-07 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0711295328 |
From Beatrice Blue, author of critically acclaimed Once Upon a Unicorn Horn, comes a beautiful, vibrant story about friendship and protecting our oceans. Theodore has a little boat and a big passion: collecting fish. He loves nothing more than discovering a new fish for his collection. But one day, he finds something he's never seen before: a tiny creature in a beautiful shell. Ignoring the voice that tells him to leave her alone, he takes her home and puts her in a tank, where she gets weaker and weaker. Can Theodore learn that the creature belongs in the ocean before it's too late? Drawn in bright yet soothing, whimsical mermaid colors, this is a bright and beautiful keepsake and a kind reminder to kids to let nature be and look after our oceans. It’s a dazzling and sparkling story of magic, friendship, and environmental conservation. This heartwarming story is the follow-up to the critically acclaimed and best-selling Once Upon A Unicorn Horn and Once Upon a Dragon's Fire.
The Old Mermaid's Tale
Title | The Old Mermaid's Tale PDF eBook |
Author | Kathleen Valentine |
Publisher | |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 2007-07 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780978594060 |
Filled with colorful characters and two cultures in conflict, The Old Mermaid's Tale weaves a lush romance, filled with folklore, legends, shipwrecks, violence, traditions, and enduring love, that pays homage to the role of storytelling.
A Whale of a Tale
Title | A Whale of a Tale PDF eBook |
Author | Debbie Dadey |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 128 |
Release | 2012-08-28 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1442429844 |
The third sparkling adventure in the new mermaid series by Dadey. Illustrations.
Mermaid Tales from Around the World
Title | Mermaid Tales from Around the World PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Pope Osborne |
Publisher | |
Pages | 84 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780439047814 |
Enchanting tales of sea nymphs from twelve cultures, including Chinese, Iranian, African, and Native American, are eloquently retold by a master storyteller and illustrated in the distinctive style of each culture. Reprint.
Battle of the Best Friends
Title | Battle of the Best Friends PDF eBook |
Author | Debbie Dadey |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 113 |
Release | 2012-05-08 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1442429828 |
Echo is excited to see her favorite band perform at a classmate's birthday party, but she cannot decide what to do when her best friend is not invited to the party.
Lilly and Fin
Title | Lilly and Fin PDF eBook |
Author | Cornelia Funke |
Publisher | Random House Books for Young Readers |
Pages | 98 |
Release | 2017-05-16 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1524701033 |
The beloved and bestselling author of Inkheart returns with a chapter book full of mischief, heart, and kid mermaids! These mermaid friends are fishing for trouble! Lilly and Fin are merpups—mermaid kids—who love to play and explore the caves outside the mermaid city. They aren’t really supposed to leave the city, but that’s what makes it so much fun! Surely all those stories about Two-Legs (you know, humans) and sea monsters are just made up to scare young merpups. Little do they know, a real live human couple is on the hunt for a mermaid to add to their collection of rare sea creatures. If Two-Legs exist, what about sea monsters? With fun full-color illustrations by the author herself, this adventure is sure to capture all two-legged chapter-book readers! “Cornelia Funke . . . has written her way into the hearts and imaginations of audiences worldwide.”—Clive Barker, Time magazine